Comments on: Virgin Galactic chairman resigns

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:42:22 +0000

This tarnished the cause of winged spaceflight…the pilots glommed onto it and fought for it because that’s all there was. I feel for them the most.

By: Col Beausabre

Col Beausabre — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 03:04:32 +0000

Less than zero. The investors could have invested their money elsewhere and made money

By: mpthompson

mpthompson — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 22:05:03 +0000

Given the fate of Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos fame (well, I guess her sentencing is still pending), how are Richard Branson and Chamath Palihapitiya any different? They sell a lie and escape with $10’s millions. Leaving the investors with a broken rocket, a broken company, and $0.

By: Col Beausabre

Col Beausabre — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 20:58:26 +0000

The ratz desert the sinking ship. Where’s the Feds? Stopping Musk. What did you think they should be doing, dummy?

By: Questioner

Questioner — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 18:55:10 +0000

Concerned:

The choice of hybrid rocket propulsion for the craft alone was a massive mistake, delaying the project for many years and causing additional costs of 300 million (?) dollars. The blame lies with Burt Rutan, who, without his own knowledge of rocket technology, took the wrong advice.

By: Concerned

Concerned — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 18:38:38 +0000

I had great hopes for this company—15 years ago,. It has since become abundantly clear that the design is fatally flawed and will never support a profitable commercial business. PT Barnum’s heir Sir Richard has pretty much bailed out leaving the rest of the hapless investors on the plummeting airframe with no parachutes. It was a very entertaining thing to watch when Paul Allen and Burt Rutan were in charge and were quickly innovating to win the X Prize. I should have known better to expect much when Sir Rickie bought the franchise, scaled up a rickety design, then proceeded to allow 4 people to be recklessly killed, while pocketing the investments of thousands of others. All to culminate in his flashy “first flight” on the 52nd anniversary of Man’s first steps on the Moon. What a scam.